It’s time to venture forth into the cacauphonous maelstrom that is the 2020 baseball season! No one has any clue what this will be like, how long it will last, or if we’ll look back on this whole enterprise with extreme regret. The only certain thing is that the Mariners will be very very bad.

STILL, Opening Day is a special day, one filled with hope, promise, and tradition. For the occasion we here at Dome and Bedlam put together a playlist of tunes, each in its own separate way reminding us of the sounds, rhythms, joys, and pratfalls of this extremely stupid sport we love so very much.

Enjoy the tunes, enjoy the game. May it be a refuge for you, in these absurdly chaotic and unsettled times.

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1. Youth Decay – “Balance” (Scott Weber)
2. Diarrhea Planet – “Ain’t a Sin to Win” (Peter)
3. The Hold Steady – “Constructive Summer” (SG)
4. Beek – “Bright Sunday” (Patrick)
5. Dire Straits – “Sultans of Swing” (Andrew)
6. The Producers – “Opening Night” (Josh)
7. Sir Elton John – “Dirty Little Girl” (David)
8. Jackson Browne – “Running on Empty” (Dan)
9. The Impressions – “Keep on Pushing” (Christian)
10. The Avett Brothers – “At the Beach” (Nathan)
11. Ovlov – “Fast G” (Eitner)